Resolutions--memorializing Congress

State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [SCR-6] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Human Rights ]
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Campbell Co-author Authorized on 04/21/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border. [SCR-5] [Immigration ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [International ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ]
Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Signed By The Governor on 06/09/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. [SCR-37] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Veterans ]
Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Campbell Signed By The Governor on 06/15/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. [SCR-32] [Energy ] [Trade ]
Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu Signed By The Governor on 05/28/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to update Voting Rights Act provisions to protect against voter discrimination. [SCR-29] [Voting Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Elections ]
Urging Congress to update Voting Rights Act provisions to protect against voter discrimination.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Read First Time on 03/23/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Expressing opposition to EPA-proposed guidelines regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. [SCR-27] [Air Quality ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
Expressing opposition to EPA-proposed guidelines regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kelly Hancock Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/05/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [SCR-23] [Ethics ]
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Hall Read First Time on 03/11/2015

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Urging the United States Congress to provide Department of Homeland Security funds for the protection of the Texas electric grid. [SCR-20] [Energy ] [Cybersecurity ] [National Security ] [Funding ] [Public Safety ]
Urging the United States Congress to provide Department of Homeland Security funds for the protection of the Texas electric grid.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Hall Read First Time on 03/09/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. [SCR-2] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Media and Advertising ] [Ethics ] [Funding ]
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rodney Ellis Read First Time on 01/27/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. [SCR-13] [Energy ] [Trade ]
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Signed By The Governor on 05/28/2015

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Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency. [SCR-12] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Konni Burton Read First Time on 02/18/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [SCR-1] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/11/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Urging the federal government to return title to all federal public lands within the western states to the states where the land is located. [HR-704] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Urging the federal government to return title to all federal public lands within the western states to the states where the land is located.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Workman Considered In Calendars on 05/15/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Condemning anti-Semitism and expressing opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. [HR-2505] [Human Rights ] [International ]
Condemning anti-Semitism and expressing opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Davis Referred To State Affairs on 05/08/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Expressing support for the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. [HR-1835] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Aerospace ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Expressing support for the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Reported Enrolled on 05/25/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Expressing a commitment to the elimination of illegal fishing and urging Congress to take action to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in our sovereign waters. [HR-1605] [Trade ] [International ] [Environmental ] [Public Lands and National Parks ]
Expressing a commitment to the elimination of illegal fishing and urging Congress to take action to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in our sovereign waters.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne Faircloth Reported Enrolled on 05/22/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Expressing support for the use of sound science to study and regulate modern agricultural technologies and opposition to legislative or regulatory action that may result in unnecessary restrictions on the technologies. [HR-1508] [Agriculture ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Expressing support for the use of sound science to study and regulate modern agricultural technologies and opposition to legislative or regulatory action that may result in unnecessary restrictions on the technologies.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Anderson Reported Enrolled on 05/20/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Petitioning Congress to instruct the Transportation Security Administration to accept concealed handgun licenses as valid forms of identification. [HR-1215] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ]
Petitioning Congress to instruct the Transportation Security Administration to accept concealed handgun licenses as valid forms of identification.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Reported Enrolled on 05/22/2015

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Urging Congress to expedite the permitting process for the export of liquefied natural gas. [HR-1145] [Energy ] [Trade ]
Urging Congress to expedite the permitting process for the export of liquefied natural gas.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. J. M. Lozano Referred To Energy Resources on 03/11/2015

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Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. [HJR-79] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Anderson Referred To State Affairs on 05/11/2015

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